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Monk logo #10101) Abbey denizen 2) Abbey inhabitant 3) Abbey resident 4) Bebop pioneer 5) Berkshire cricketer 6) Bop pioneer Thelonious 7) Brother 8) Brother in an order 9) Brother, of a sort 10) Capuchin 11) Character class 12) Character created by Bob Kane 13) Chaucer pilgrim 14) Cistercian 15) Cistercian or trappist
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Monk logo #10101) Ascetic 2) Benedictine 3) Biko 4) Brother 5) Cistercian 6) Cleric 7) Eremite 8) Fra 9) Friar 10) Mendel 11) Mendelian 12) Trappist
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Monk logo #21002• (n.) A South American monkey (Pithecia monachus); also applied to other species, as Cebus xanthocephalus. • (n.) The European bullfinch. • (n.) A man who retires from the ordinary temporal concerns of the world, and devotes himself to religion; one of a religious community of men inhabiting a monastery, and bound by vows to a life ...
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Monk logo #21003(from the article `Media and Publishing`) ...work in The New Adventures of Old Christine. Tony Shalhoub (see Biographies), who won the trophy for best comic actor with his starring role in ...
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monk logo #21003man who separates himself from society and lives either alone (a hermit or anchorite) or in an organized community in order to devote himself full ... [6 related articles]
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monk logo #21579An extract made from the fruit of the chaste tree (Vitex agnus-castus) found in parts of Asia and Europe. It is claimed to treat infertility and to lessen symptoms that may occur before or during a woman
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monk logo #20688Man belonging to a religious order under the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, and living under a particular rule; see monasticism. ...
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monk logo #209731. A man who retires from the ordinary temporal concerns of the world, and devotes himself to religion; one of a religious community of men inhabiting a monastery, and bound by vows to a life of chastity, obedience, and poverty. 'A monk out of his cloister.' 'Monks in some respects agree with regulars, as in the substantial vows of religion; but in...
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monk logo #21704a closed shoe, most often men's, with a wide strap over the instep fastened with a buckle.
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Monk logo #22264 A heavy, coarse basket weave fabric, generally of cotton, linen, rayon, wool or synthetic fibers. Stability of the fabric depends on the tightness of the weave. Used for drapery and upholstery.
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monk logo #10444A member of a religious group that lives apart from society.
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Monk logo #20972Monk noun [ Anglo-Saxon munuc , munec , munc , Latin monachus , Greek ..., from mo`nos alone. Confer Monachism .] 1. A man who retires from the ordinary temporal concerns of the world, and devotes himself to religion; one of a religious community ...
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Monk logo #21217A Monk is a man who retires from the world to live in a monastery as a member of some religious order. Originally all monks were laymen, but after the 8th century the seniors and by degrees the other member were admitted to holy orders.
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Monk logo #21217In printing slang, a monk is a black spot, smear or blot caused by an excess of ink.
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Monk logo #22986Male member of a monastic community (Smith and Green 1995
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Monk logo #23049a member of a monastic community such as Benedictine, Carthusian, Trappist, etc. Monks tend to live lives more separate from society to pursue, under a formal rule, a life of prayer and work for God's glory, for personal sanctification, and for the good of the Church and world. Monastic communities may have some outside works connected with them, s...
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monk logo #20400[n] - United States jazz pianist who was one of the founders of the bebop style (1917-1982) 2. [n] - a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work
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monk logo #21009monk 1. A man who withdraws entirely or in part from society and goes to live in a religious community to devote himself to prayer, solitude, and contemplation. 2. In Christianity, a man who has withdrawn from the world for religious reasons; especially, as a member of an order of cenobites (members of a religious order living in a convent or comm...
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monk logo #23746A monk is a man who renounces worldly life and is ordinarily a member of a monastic order or community, thereby undertaking a special commitment to study, service, asceticism, prayer, or disciplined spiritual practice. In the Buddhist tradition, fully ordained monks are called bhikkhus, those who beg alms, depending upon the laity for their food an...
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monk logo #23960A member of a special religious group who lives with other monks and devotes his life to service or learning
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Monk logo #23045(from Latin monachus) is a person who practices religious asceticism, living either alone or with any number of other monks. A monk may be a person who decided to dedicate his life to serving all other living beings, or to be an ascetic who voluntarily chooses to leave mainstream society and live his life in prayer and contemplation. The concept is...
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monk logo #20974monastic noun a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work
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monk logo #21221Man belonging to a religious order under the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, and living under a particular rule; see monasticism
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Monk logo #22988A martial artist who specializes in unarmed combat.
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monk logo #21199(in Christianity) a man who has withdrawn from the world for religious reasons, esp. as a member of an order of cenobites living according to a particular rule and under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. · (in any religion) a man who is a member of a monastic order: a Buddhist monk. · a dark area on a printed page caused by unev...
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